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Predict and Confirm
Blue Book Unit 1

Reading Strategies
Expect the text to make sense!

Plan and Monitor
- Skim – preview titles and photos
- Predict -what is it about
- Question - ask yourself "Why?", "Who?" and "What is next?"
- Preview and set a purpose
  - look for clue or hints about the text - preview the text

Predict and Confirm

set your purpose
- for NON-Fiction, write down your questions and look for the answers
- for Fiction, keep your questions in mind, make predictions and confirm or change predictions

Clarifying Ideas
- Read on - the next part of the text may help you understand
- Reread - read it again
- Identify the main idea
- Break up sentences - look at the parts of the sentences to see how they connect
- Slow down - just read it slower and more carefully

Clarifying words
- Reread - read it again
- Context clues - look for other words that may mean the same thing
- Analyze clues - check out what is said, look for a definition
- Check for relationships - look for connections between sentences
- Check out your meaning - substitute or replace the word with one you know in its place to see if it make sense